Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, November 18, 1907, Image 3

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TILE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. .tiONDAY. NOVEMBER IS. 3 All Monday Bargains On Our Cash Worked Wonders in New York Last Week, Securing the Grandest Bargains Ever Brought to Atlanta Grand First Floor Values Dress Goods worth up to $1.00 a yard; OC- choice “OC Yard-wide Black Taffeta Silks; per yard iJJJC Genuine Lonsdale Cambric remnants; Q_ yard OC Babies’ Crib Blankets; worth $1.00; OCkn at pair AVI* Full size Cotton Blankets; worth $1.00 pair Good size fanev Cotton Comforts, CQn each .....GUC 8-4 and 9-4 Sheetings, worth 35c a yard; 19c Heavv Huck Towels; worth 10c each; C/> at . Ladies’ 2-clasp Jersev Gloves; worth OC*/» 09c; at ...... On account of the bad weather today, continue this great sale tomorrow Ready-to-wear Apparel—2nd Floor Our Mr. L. B. Joel spent last week in New York to secure these tremendous values for you. He had plenty of cash and big manufacturers needed it badly and were willing to sacrifice their stocks to get it. So here are new suits, coats, waistB, skirts, etc., at less than cost of materials. Come and get 'em quick. Ladies’ $15.00 Voile and £42 QA Chiffon Broadcloth Skirts ^0«wU Ladies' $7.50 black and Ladies’ $15.00 and $10.50 £"f AC Tailored Suits at ^ * ■XW Ladies’ $17.50 and $20.00 CQ QA Tailored Suits at v w Ladies’Tailored Suits C4 A CA up to $25.00 at ^ Ladies’ Long and Short £42 AA Coats, $15.00 values, at.. Ladies’ Long Coats, plain £C AA and fanev; $12.50 value. W Misses’ and Children’s reg£^ AC ulav $10.00 Coats at..... Children’s $3.00 Fur Sets, AQ« Ladies $2.50 values ill this sale at. fancy Panama Skirts. Ladies’ fine Wool Waists; made to sell at $3.98; now Ladies’ $2.50 Mercerized Satine Petticoats at Ladies’ and Misses’50c Fleeced Underwear at $10,00 to $15.00 Fine Pat- j tern Hats at, choice....; Fine Fur Collarettes; 98c $2.95 98c 89c t9c $3.50 Never before have such prices been quoted in Atlanta on seasonable and desirable goods. We Give Green MMfe ML £% M 18 West Mitchell Trading . §\ ' Street, Near Stamps ^ Whitehall. See These In Basement Yard wide Super ingrain Carpets; i q yard 1 9 by 12 foot Granite Art Squares An qa Just 50 Iron Beds to sell to first Si gA buyers ipl.OU 40-pound full size Cotton Top d*-l AC Mattresses ip ‘Full size all-steel Bed Springs; <t»I Of special V * Golden Oak Chiffoniers; worth <t* At $15; at .'. .• ip^r.i/O Mission Oak Tabourets; worth An $1.00; at .' Mission Oak Magazine Racks; qq only -'OC Picture Easels; 5 feet tall; in £ this sale «JUC Cash did it—New York manufacturers had to have it and they made sacrifices to get it. ELKS TO CELEBRATE 1L LODGE OF AT Atlanta Lodge Prepares Beautiful Tableaux For Occasion. Of all; the Elk lodges that assemble on Sunday. December t. In all parts of the country; to, .celebrate the annual lodge of sorrow with appropriate ex ercises, Atlnnta lodge No. 78. will hqvc probably the most beautiful set--ice*. At present the members or th algo are working earnestly In preparation for, the annual celebration at the Grand Opera House and the plans are prac tically complete. Hon. Joseph E. Pottle, of Mllledge- vllle, n prominent attorney and head of the Georgia State Association of 1 Elks, will be the chief orator of the oc- . caslon. He Is one of the most gifted spaekers In the South as well as one of the leading Elks, and Is considered the best fitted to deliver the eulogy. Joe G. Stewart, stage manager of the Grand, nnd who la considered a genius In his line, la working upon the scenic effects to be produced. He has had of fers from twenty-five other Elk lodges In the South to stage their exorcises, hut being a member of the Atlanta lodge decided to work for his own or ganisation. At tho close of the services there will appear suddenly from the darkened stage a broken column of white and purple flowers, upon which will be rest ing white doves, representing the de parted members of the lodge. Ae the names of the deceased are read the doves, one at a time, will fly Into the darkness. Another tableau will be that of an angel guarding two small children, and ■nether a great American flag. As Dlls appears a splendid choir will sing "The Star Spangled Banner." Music for the 1 occasion will be fur nished by what will be the largest or chestra ever assembled In an Atlanta nudltorlum. Professor Mathlessen. who has charge of the orchestras of the va rious theaters, Is now arranging ths musical program, which will be unusu ally line. The exercises are In commemoration of all the departed members, and par ticularly of P. J. McGovern, a promi nent railroad man. whose death was the • inly one among the members of the lodge during the past year. Besides Hon. Joseph IS. Pottle, the orator of the occasion, prominent min isters and public men of Atlanta will take part In the program. Beats will bo reserved for the Elks and their friends, but as the general public Is Jn- vlted. It Is probable that a great' au dience win mi the Grand. MBS GAYNOR GOES TO HUSBAND’S SIDE ATI ANTA FXPFrTS TO GET CONVENTION ARE LOST IN STORM . 1 —~ Party Leaves Monday For!Great Damage to Shipping Chicago to Appear Be- j Interests On Gulf fore Committee. Mayor l*ro Tem, F. A. Qullllan. repre anting tho Ulty of Atlanta, nnd J. Will* Pop*, president of tho Uhnmber of Com mere#, together with a number of prohlbl- tlonlnts and Antl-Baluon Longue member# will leave Monday night to attend the meeting of the national executive commit tee of the. prohibition party In Chicago, where they will make a fight to aeepre the convention for Atlanta next May. Atlanta'a chances of securing the oonven tIon are conaldered rery food. As the largest, prohibition city In the United States, Its bid for the meeting, which wonld bring shorn ID.ooo people to the city for about ten days, will be exceedingly strong. . Connell Is expected to set fsvorsldy upon a resolution which will !»* Introduced Mon day afternoon asking that Mr. Qullllan be aent as it delegate and that the convention be nrged to come. Mayor Joyner will fend a special nictfuag* to council urging the adoption of this resolution. IS CHARGED WITH KILLING PARENTS Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 1*.—The fa- moua Christmas on«e la expected to come up thla week at Marianna, Kin., aa It la aet fur hearing at thla term of the court. Will D. Chrletmaa. a young white man, la charged with the murder of hla father, mother and 9-year-old brother, the killing taking place within live mllea of Cottonwood, Ala. Chrlat- maa waa tried once, but It reaulted In a mlatrial and he la now out on bond. YOUNG SOCIETY MATRON ACCIDENTALLY KILLS SELF. Richmond, Va, Nov. II.—Mra. W. Brydon Tenant, formerly Mis* Bruce Wllllama, one of the moat prominent young aoclety matrons In Richmond, met an accidental death In her home on Grace atreet yesterday through the me dium of a revolver. Mra. Tenant waa a reigning belle up to the time of her marriage five years ago. She leaves one child! CARMACK HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN MAXWELL HOUSE. Specie! to The Georgian. Nashville. Tenn.. Nov. IS.—Former Senator E. W. Carmack baa establish ed headquarters at the Maxwell House and Is now after the Democratic nom ination for governor In earnest. Mr. Carmack and hla friends are Insisting upon the state committee ordering tho nomination made by tho county pri mary Instead of the etate convention plan. Governor Patterson nnd hla support ers are silent about title matter now. Japs Will Shoot Chinaae. Toldo, Nov. II.—The Japanese have begun the trial of ring leaders of the Chinese Iroopa who mutinied In For mosa last week and killed alxty-three Japanese policemen and civilians. There Is little doubt the offenders will be shot. Mrs. J. F. Gsynor. of Macon, wlfa of J. F. Gaynor. one of the defendants in the famous Greens and Gaynor cass. stopped In Atlanta Sunday night on her war to the bedside of her husband, who Is III in Macon, where he Is con- Urs. Gaynor came from New \ork, where she has been on business for her husband. It Is said that ever since he was first arrested she lias handled his business, as well as taking an lm- nortant part In the light for his free dom and that of Ids fellow-prisoner. Hh" came from New York a.Srwn as she learned of Colonel Oa>nor » Woes* agncumirn. «™™. but ^rnlwd 1 connect j agricultural eduction In .eners,. tlon and had to stay all night In At- ( Traveling Salesman Dies, To Mset Students. Professor G. C. Adams, principal of the Fifth District Agricultural School, will be In Atlanta at the county school commissioner's office from 10 a. m. to noon on November 5* for the purpoee of conferring with any prospective stu dents. Any students who expect to en ter the agricultural school will be given all the Information that may be asked for on the above dale. Professor Ad ams will l*c glad to meet the citizens of Kulton who may In any way be Inter ested In tho agricultural schools or In Reported. Ustleo City, Nor. It—Advlees from Vara Crus, Progresso and other ports oa the low er coast of the gulf s*j a terrldc wind storm has prevailed there for several days and great damage haa been done to shipping Interest*. A number of fishing smacks and conning veasels liave been lost bnt no rec ord of a loss of llfo eenld be obtained. HEAVY RAIN FALLS ON GULF COA8T. Special to Tho Georgian. Mobile, Ala.. Nor. 18.—A general storfn was experienced along the gulf coast yesterday and last night. The heaviest rainfall was confined to the Immediate Mobile vicinity, where one-lialf Inch fell In five minutes, the total for the day up to 9 o’clock last night In this city being 11-4 Inches. A heavy wind was experienced down the hay. NEW TRUSTEES OF CLEARING HOUSE Roliert F. Maddox ha, been elected trus tee pro tem. of the Atlanta Clearing Ilonao Association daring the absence of Colonel W. U Peel, who has left for N4w York for a week. T. D. Meador haa betn elected trnstee pro tem. to aerve dnrlng the ab sence Of Colonel B. J. I-owry, who will •hnrtly leave for Chicago. . • These trustee* are the men who receive nnd hold the securities for the clearing home eerflfleates. WANTS $50,000 FOR LOSS OF HAND Norfolk, V#.. Nor; II.—'Tlie American Fed eration of Labor today adopted without a dissenting tote the report of Its special committee on the anti-boycott lnjnne Ion suit now pending In Washtngtori, the said report ranking provision for the Immediate assessment of’l cent per capita tax on ,*JI 'affiliated organisations. Internal Iona! nnd local, to ha used In fighting (bis suit and aa a general fund for defense against any other attacks bv the Manufacturers' Asso ciation, decs I red to hsTe available a fund of 11.500,000. The Federation today placed Itself on rec ord aa favoring the absolute exclusion of all Immigration from Asia and th# Islands of the Pacific ocean to th# United Htatcs and Its possessions. . The sixtieth congress was appealed to for legislative action that will make th# elght- hour-dny universal on the Isthmian canal work. For the loss of his right band, mashed to such an extant that amputation waa neces sary, Charlie Forrest, a young man of Stone Mountain, haa died suit In the superior court of DeKalb county against tho Georgia Railroad Company for 150,000. SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. Judgment# Affirmed. Dalle# vs. SUte, from Cobb superior court. Judge Gober. B. IL Clay, Griffin & Atta- way, for plaintiff In error: John C. Ilart, attorney general, R. F. SImpsdn, solicitor general, and J. Z. Foster, contra. Adams vs. Johnson, executor, et a!., from Thomas superior court. Judge Mitchell. Theodore Tltua, for plaintiff In error; 8. A. Roddenbery, contra. McCall va. Lewis, from Brooba superior court, Judge Mitchell. W. C. McCall aod J. D. Wade, Jr., for plaintiff In error; Stanley H. Rennet, contra. Atlanta and Birmingham Railway Com pany vs. Brown et a!., from Wore superior mrt. Judge Parker. King. Spalding & JAf- c, liar good A Cotta, for plaintiff In error; . Willis Dart and Charles T. Koair, contra. Parker va. Gortatowsky et at., from Ware superior court. Judge Parker. J. L. Sweat, for plaintiff In error; Wilson, Dennett A Latnodln. contra. Spencer et al. va. City of ClarkesrIUe et al.. from Habersham superior court. Judge Klnisey. 4. It. Gram and 4. C. Edwards, for plaintiffs In error; Robert McMillan. If. IV, Ketron and W. A. Charters, solici tor general, contra. Mathews et al. ye. Taylor County et al„ from Taylor eapcrlor court. Judge Little. Hardeman k Jonea and I*. H. Marshall, for plaintiffs In error; W# E. Steed and O. il. Colbert, contra. Georgia Hallway and Electric Company s. Town of Oakland city et al.. from Faf- ..»n superior court. Judge Pendleton. Ros ser A Brandon and Walter T. f’olqultt. for plaintiff lu error; J. F. Gollghtly. M. L. Ilatbcork ami Walter McBtresth. contra. Judgmanta Reversed. Bank of Idiwrvm-evllle va. Hock more A Co., front Gwinnett superior cuurt. Judge Reagan. W. E. Simmons, for plaintiff In | error; J, A. Perry, contra. Wade vs. Watsou. from Tift superior court. Judge Worrill. W. J. Wallace, for. plaintiff In error; no appearance contra. «‘ompton vs. Newton et a!., from flinch , WOULD RESTRICT Federation of Labor Opposes Admission of Peo ple of Asia. HARD TO PROVE WOMAN MURDERESS ROBBERS INVADE IDE HARTJE HOME AND STEALLETTERS Notorious Divorce Suit Fur nishes New Develop ment. Philadelphia, Nor. It.—One of the stran gest murder cases over known In Penn- sylvanla was called today when Mra. Bridg et Carey waa placed on trial for b«r life, Hhe Is accused of having killed five persona, bnt this eapectal trial In that for the slaying of her two children. Representatives of the commonwealth admit they will have great difficulty In proving a case agslnat her for lack of motive. SAYS BAPTISTS ARE FAR BEHIND An tntrrMtlr-2 talk on missionary work In China wo. mod. Monday morning at th. regular meeting of the Raptlat mlnlit.r. by Rev. J. C. Owen, who Is hom. on a vnra- tloon and map-rating from Him'**, Mr. Own told of tho coodltloa.nl.Ung, In China and Inc(d.ntall)- m-utloncd that th* baptist* were behind In tnlSHlonary 'work. Ho eald tho Preihyterlnn* woro tlfty yoar. nhetd of th. It*ptl«t». and that In on. yenr they had 8,C>>) ronvorrlon* of crown person*, or more than tho baptist* had all during tholr history la China. Ho drol.rod that th* mlulon.rio* aont thoro hy th. Baptist*' w*r* not properly '— mor. medic*! mb I Llgonler, Fa., Nov. 18.—Three men, believed to b« hired detective., broke into the ;Vance rcifldenco here anilTar ried off the diary and two letters of Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje,. the defendant In the divorce suit Instituted by August Hartje, tho millionaire paper manu facturer. Articles of Intrinsic value were left. The men were Identified and followed on their way to Pittsburg. Members of a private detective agency came here to Investigate and have gone In pursuit of the robbers. Mrs. Hart]* pointed to the splintered door of her apartment nnd the broken lock on her trunk, and said: "They can go only one step farther In my persecution, and that Is mur der. I have not slept for nights. It the day time I am hounded on the streets by detectives." MRS. BRADLEY’S BRAIN SHAKEN, SAYS DOCTOR Continued from Page One. very much agitated," said he, "moving about the room from the bed or cot to the chair when she was standing, pick ing up and putting down different aril, cles. She put her hands to her head like this and said; T feel as If I were far away from everything.' I told her that I had been sent by the paper tot get a statement, and that I would print anything she said; that If she did not want to talk she had best not do so. She said she had to tnlk to some one. When I started to go she asked me not to go; said she could not be left alone with her thoughts, that she would go 'mad." Her Vscant Stare. Charles A. Cottrell, connected with the Associated Press, waa another newspaper man called. "Her eyes seemed to have a vacant stare In them" (witness Illustrated her wild look). "I did not think her Insane. She was In a frightful state of mind, Shanghai, Nor. M.—The Chine** cure on- though." meat I. going to tend a special envoy to; Mental Oblivion. Washington to thank tho United State* for. Louis A. McMahon, another newspa- rctarnlng 822,000,009 of >31,000,050 paid the CHINESE EMPIRE TO THANK U. S. And the ATLANTA SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY,.Atlanta, Ga. Oldest and Largest South. Positions secured. Enter Now. Catalog Free WITHIN 3 WEEKS 3 MURDERS ARE COMMITTED IN ROME Special lo The Georgian. Rome, (ja., Nov. 18.—Blake Patterson, a Southern -Railway hrakeman, waa allot and almost Instantly killed at 6J3D Jtytiirilny night by Jack Strange, a fellow employee. In front of ‘ ttie Floyd Cottoh Mill voui- mtniflvy on Heventh avenue. Two allot a w*re, fired from a S2-ealll>er revolver, \»ut only one took effect, passing directly through the heart. The shooting followed a quarrel between the two men of several days duration. .strange waa tnken at onre to the count.* Jail, where be made a statement, declaring that lie shot Tatteraon In aelf-defonae, al leging that the latter waa about to throw a rock at him when he tired. Wltnraac* testify that Strange allot, hla vfctltn without the allghteat canae, although they had prcvloualy had a quarrel about a girl. Uatteraon waa 23 year* old and married. Strange ia 20 yearn old and alngle. The murder of Patterson makes the third in three wceka. BEER FOR FESTIVAL BOUGHT TOO SOON Utter on arcosnt of the Boxer rebellion. The United KUtei devoted Awe million* to tho Indemnification of American* who loot property In Chin, but handed the rr»t LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS T. M. BLODGETT SPEAK KpccUl to Tho Georgian. Darien. Ga., Nov. 18.—T. M. Blodgett, the noted Republican leader of Georgia, epoke here' Saturday to tha largest crowd that ever assembled In McIntosh county. He dwelt largely upon the disfranchisement Issue. -‘asptes . _ *ttperf<»r iwfl, Judge Parker, • harlee J. i , , ~ ~* . illarfee am! Ik G. Dickerson, for plaintiff It*} m%. .«.wgjs> ijsSh■sre i "•SSISSK *»*- v K , H ts** *,i pressed^her fear? m *£j*5j5lJ5 g ad > ’lolt i mul^su'ppty^ousef dUd'^iSIe* Mtrly'thU ! M" I lu^ua.'V>r’ l plainJff',’'ni r, *m>r’^ur'- * syswa JBSs. ™ :L " £ morning. Canadian Wins U. D. of C. Prize. Norfolk, Va.. Nov. 18.—At the last day's session of the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy the prlxe of >100 for the best essay on "The Status of Education In the South Prior to the Civil War*' wa* awarded to .Professor Coleman.- of the clutlr of education of the University of Toronto. Cangda. Pool Checks Knocked OuL Kpeclal to Th* tleovgUn. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Nov. 18.—Pool checks hare been rated oat of Chat tanooga. and tn the future bartendprs miisi accept nothing but good money for drinks. Chattanooga’s excise board lia* decided that pool checks are une of the leading couves of drunkenness. per man,'was called next and told of having endeavored to talk to Mrs. Bradley while she waa being taken from the Raleigh to the police station. "My opinion was that she waa a nerv ous, unstrung person, on the brink of mental and physical collapse, and that a puff of wind would blow her Into mental oblivion.” There was a stir of excitement In the room ae this answer was finished, caus. Ing bailiffs to rap loudly for order. Witness eald further that his Impres sion was that..she was a woman tvh t had Just passed through some trying ordeal and . that any further shock would cause her to rave. WILL INCORPORATE MADDOX FIRM On January I, 19/7, the well known mer cantile firm of J. J. J. B. Maddox will be changed front a partnership to a corpora tion, and an application for a charter for ■K»rk of the attpertor court. According to?a atateouHit mad* by J. K. Maddox, the company vrfti be organised •*» aa to take tu bl» brother*, who are t\ D., W. I.. I*. J.. II. R. and J. V, Maddox. I d to the present only Mr, Maddox and Ida father, raptaln J. J. Maddox, liave l*een In terested tn the firm. The capita! •♦*yk of •**»*np«ny »fl! »*• SS» , the same ae Itereiofon*; etui ne jI changes wilt lie made In the liu,t ness except the election nf officer, of the ■ -•>ni|ieiiy. which will be dcMol n|*m wmie time before the Oral of ths year. Jennie Sherman, a worker In the Ebeneser Baptist church, colored, de siring to’ aid her church In raising money at an entertainment scheduled for Monday night, purchased a keg of beer Saturday night and stored It on her back porch. The beer was to be sold with barbe cue, the guests buying the meat, the beer being thrown In to complete their money'e worth. When ehe etored the beer on her porch, Jennie took the precaution to Ice It. and thle brought on police court complications. Rome one. unfamiliar with Jennie's tod Intentions, reported the beer to rllcemen Whatley and Cowan, and they made a raid on the woman's home, 14 Fifth avenue. Jennie was urralgnetl Monday before Recorder Broyles, to whom she told her story of the church entertainment, explaining that the pas tor and church officials were to be pres, ent, and stating she thought It would be no harm to setve a little beer with the barbecue. Judge Broyles thought she should have ivulted until Monday to buy the beer nnd Imposed a fine 85.70. Irene Dempsey and Ilcrtha Saxton, negro women, were also fined 815.70 each for having Inter and whisky on hand In largo quantities. They were arrested by the same officers and Cap tain Norman at 347 Fort street. TWO VICTIMS . FOIMxAS STOVE New York, Nov. 18.—Walter Irishman, a salesman, and hla brother, Arthur Irish man. n bookkeeper, were found dead today In Walter's room In their lodging house. Gas'from n small stove had Ailed the room. HORSE SHOW IS ON IN NEW YORK WOMAN DIVED TO HER DEATH IN NEW YORK CROWD New York, Nov. 18.—Mary Mitchell, also known as Mary Lyons, made ii spectacular dive to death Into a croud of nien on the Bowery -from the second story' fire escape of the Salvation Army Hotel for Women. Frequently for two months the woman had obtained a night's lodging at the place, and ae it Is riot the policy of the army to burde:i gueats with troublesome questions, lit tle la known of her life or antecedent 1 -. It Is * believed she was only one of the unfortunates of a great city. UNITED STATES COURT 13 IN SES8ION IN ROME. H|iprlal to The Georgian. Rome, Ga., Nov. 18.—At 10 o’cl this morning the United States co for the Northern district of Geor convened In the Federal building, w Judge Newman, of Atlanta, on bench. There are a large number visiting attorneys, witnesses and co officials In the city from Carteftvl Atlanta, Dalton and other cities. CARS WRECKED |A COLLISION ARE DESTROYED BY FIRE. •New Tnrk. Nor. It—Midlpui Hqwre G.r- ilen opened It. g*n*n>ns doer* today fnr the twentrtlilnl aimtuil exhibition of the Na tions! Horae Show Aaeocletfou. Two Firemen Killed. Fargo. N. Dak., Nov. 18.—Two fire men were killed by falling walls this morning when the J. I. Case warehouse was destroyed by fire. The loot Is said to be >300,000. Receiver Is Named. Acting on a petition filed in the United States court, Courtland Winn was appointed receiver Monday for I. Kallsh, of 38 West Mitchell street. The liabilities are given at >0,4>3 with os- sets at >8,335. Infant of Thomas Langley. The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Langley died at the residence of the family In Forrest Park Sunday. The funeral services were held front the residence Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the Interment was at Forrest Grove. Special to The Georgian. Rome, On., Nov. 18.—A freight wreck on ths Southern railway In East Rout ■ at 3 o'clock Sunday mom I hr block. I both tracks of the Atlanta am! Chat tanooga ditlslon and eaueed a tu* which required two home' work of the fire department to extinguish It. Th • wracked train was No. 8!». gnltiK north In two sections, th# forward section hi charge of Conductor McConnell and Hot last section In charge of Conductor Nichols. Ths second section stt in k the rear of the first, overturning the ca boose, smashing two box car* and de railing four flat cars. $100,000 For Veterans, Special to The Georgian. Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 18.—Sena i t Teasley, of Montgomery, has Intro duced In the senate a bill calling f ■ an appropriation of >100,000 for tho o! I soldiers of Alabama. He state* that under the new pension law the old sol diers were cut out of their pension money for 1907 and this Is to give It bark to them. Murderer Put to Death. New York. Nov. 18.—John Wen* I was-put to'denth In the electric chtnr at Sing Sing at dawn today for the murder of George Spatz, In the latter'- saloon. May C, 1900. Wenzel walked to the death chamber without a faltei. The current wa* turned on at 0:51 o'clock nnd three minutes later physi cians pronounced him dead. At Colored Y. M. C. A. Professor William Pickens, of Talla dega College, of Alabama, and one uf the foremost young negro educator* In the country, will deliver a lecture Mon day night at the Colored Y. M. O. A . 183 Augurn avenue. The lecture n III begin promptly at 8 o'clock, and. be cause of the lecturer’s reputation as . speaker, a large audience will probable greet him. It was Pickens who won the prize at Yale some years ago for an essay, and since leaving college he he* made a reputation In educational work, CLOSE CONTRACT FOR LANO FOR GAME PRESERVE. R*|.t Special to The Georgian. Chattanooga. Tenn., Nov. 18 sentatlvea of th* Interstate Club and th* owners of 3t>,noo acre* of land on Walden* Rltlgr. ten mile* from Chattanooga, have agreed upon terms, nnd the club Is to make the first pay ment on the property before the Aim of th* year. Ernest Urewdeon and It. Ileaton Smith, the fot nter secretary and the latter a direct ., of the . luh. have returned to their home at Man, Hester, England, after spending two weeks here conferring wltH owner*. Tha In tel stale ''!ub propose* to spend several million dollar- on t::e Waldens Rldga